Medieval Manuscripts

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  1. [ANTIPHONAL.]

    Very large historiated initial ‘H’,...

    Italy (Siena), c. 1300.

    A very fine large initial painted in...

    £6750

  2. [ANTIPHONAL.]

    Antiphonal, with neumes, containing music...

    Southern Germany or Bohemia, mid-fifteenth...

    An unusual and striking antiphonal leaf...

    £4250

  3. ANTIPHONAL,

    with neumes, containing antiphons, responses...

    Germany, 1st half of 12th century. 

    Two bifolia from a notably early antiphonal. 

    £5000

  4. BORSO D’ESTE, Duke of Modena, Duke of Ferrara.

    Letter in his name in Italian, addressed...

    Modena, 3 July 1453.

    A letter from early in Borso d’Este’s...

    £750

  5. [CHOIRBOOK.]

    Large historiated initial ‘I’.

    Italy (Umbria), c. 1300.

    A very elegant initial in a style characteristic...

    £4500

  6. CORRADO III TRINCI, Lord of Foligno.

    Letter in his name in Italian to Cipriano,...

    Foligno, 9 February, no year but c. 1430s.

    The family of the Trinci ruled over Foligno,...

    £600

  7. DE CICON, Marguerite. 

    Manuscript regarding the seigneurial rights...

    Montureux-lès-Baulay, France, 1627. 

    A remarkably detailed manuscript, and...

    £4750

  8. [FIREFIGHTING.]

    Verneuerte Feuer-Ordnung / Eines edlen...

    Nuremberg, Michael Endter, 1656.

    Scarce expanded edition of this guide...

    £3500

  9. [GRADUAL.]

    Vast historiated initial ‘A’ cut from...

    Italy (Umbria), end of thirteenth century.

    A spectacular initial on the scale of...

    £20000

  10. LA SALLE, Jean-Baptiste, Saint. 

    Les règles de la bienséance et de la...

    Rheims, Le Batard [– Barbier], 1808. 

    Rare edition of La Salle’s pedagogical...

    £750

  11. MASTER B.F.

    Three very large historiated initials cut...

    Italy (Lodi), early sixteenth century.

    Three extremely fine initials by the...

    £150000

  12. [MISSAL.]

    Missal, in Latin, with readings for the...

    Southern Netherlands or northern France...

    A remnant of what must have been an...

    £3250

  13. SPENCER, Eleanor P. 

    The Sobieski Hours: A Manuscript in the...

    London, [Rampant Lion Press for] Academic...

    Limited edition, dedicated and presented...

    £475

  14. [SPINELLI.]

    Illuminated arms of the Spinelli family...

    Italy (Florence), c. 1460s.

    Florentine border decoration of very...

    £3000

  15. WORMALD, Francis; Jonathan ALEXANDER, editor.

    An Early Breton Gospel Book: A ninth-century...

    Cambridge, ‘Printed [at the University...

    First edition, dedicated and presented...

    £175